When the king heard this, he was already miserable.

This damn faint king.

But at this time, he couldn't say a word.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse and Zhang Jing have already left.

At the end of the day, seven or eight workshops were walked.

Most of these were organized by the gentry, and although there were not many such workshops, the gentry who really made up their minds to participate in the operation were very rare.

However, the Emperor of the Apocalypse found that most of the gentry who participated in the preparation of the workshop supported the New Deal.

At the end of the day, I was satisfied.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse summoned Zhang Jingyi and asked: "I understand, you are missing one of the three in the circle, not only to block the gentry to merge, but also to let the gentry borrow this workshop to earn silver?" ”

Zhang Jing said: "Where it is possible for any gentry to make money, it is just a part of the gentry." The gentry sold their land and had a large sum of silver in their hands, but ...... Since the Jiajing Emperor, the price of silver has been depreciating, which is why land annexation has become more and more serious. ”

With the colonization of the Americas by the colonists and the participation of a large number of private ships in the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty, a large amount of silver began to flock to the Ming Dynasty.

Silver is overflowing, and almost every few years, the silver in their hands is worthless, and at this time, the gentry who have a lot of silver in their hands will tend to buy land frantically, because land will not depreciate, after all, it is limited.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse nodded.

Zhang Jingyi continued: "So the second step of the minister is to find a way to find a new profit point. If we continue to buy land, we will inevitably mislead the country and the people, and we will absolutely not show mercy in dealing with land annexation, and we will have to fight to the death and block their road to annexation. At the same time, those who have money in their hands are encouraged to invest in workshops. ”

"So the county has taken a lot of initiatives, such as...... Land for kilns and workshops is given at a low price to help them improve their processes, and in short, those who can help must be helped. Among them, most of the people who are willing to invest in workshops are gentry with spare money, just like the man named Duan Yan. ”

"The minister is here, in fact, to let these gentry set an example, to tell the people of the world that in addition to land, there are things that are profitable in this world, and when this group of people earn money, then in the future, sooner or later, more and more people will be willing to participate in it. As long as everyone is involved, they will become assistants in the fight against land annexation in the future......"

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said suspiciously, "I don't understand one thing, why do they want to help you fight the gentry?" ”

Zhang Jing said: "In essence, they themselves are also gentry, but their interests have been separated from the land. Let's talk about the problem of hidden households, if they still have a lot of land in the countryside, of course they need to hide as many people as they can, after all, these manpower ...... It is their resources, the vast majority, that are also their slaves. But what the New Deal called for was an inventory of the hermits, so that these hermits and slaves would be freed and would become free to sell their labor, and they could hire them at a lower price. If this manpower is still in the hands of the gentry in the countryside, then how can the manpower be replenished by hundreds of people up and down in a workshop? ”

"And the grain...... If the grain is in the hands of some large households, it is inevitable that there will be food instability, after all...... The land in a county is in the hands of more than a dozen families, and the rest of the people, although some people have land, but the vast majority of them grow only enough food. Therefore, it is very easy for these gentry to get together to manipulate the price of grain, and if the price fluctuates too much, it is not a good thing for these gentry and workshop owners. ”

In addition, the interests of each other are already different, naturally, there will inevitably be a dispute of ideas, this dispute, it is not easy to stop, the final result, I am afraid that they will turn against each other. The ministers are here to make a new deal, relying on the power of the government alone to deal with those gentry...... As the hundred officials said, now they have to rely on the Jinyi Guard and the teaching team to force it. But can such high pressure continue? Therefore, sooner or later, in the future, we will have to rely on the gentry who have gone out of the countryside as helpers. ”

Besides, in fact, there were not no eunuchs and gentry who were engaged in business, but most of them did not produce, but simply sold them by virtue of their privileges. The gentry who can produce are different, their assets are on the ground, and they need to recruit a large number of people to work for them, which can alleviate the problems of some displaced people, and the goods produced will also have many benefits in the world, I dare not say that there are benefits and no harm, but at least ...... Now it's worth borrowing. ”

Listening to Zhang Jingyi say so much, the Emperor of the Apocalypse said with emotion: "I really didn't expect you to think so far. ”

But at this moment, there was a burst of thunder outside.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse glanced out the window, but saw that it was still bright outside, and there was no rain, so he said puzzledly: "Why, there is still thunder on a sunny day?" ”

Zhang Jing thought of something, and said, "It should be the teaching team practicing." ”

"Fire?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse's eyes lit up.

Zhang Jingyi shook his head: "It's a release." ”

As soon as he heard the release, the Emperor of the Apocalypse lost interest.

In fact, Daming's fire gun has long been popular.

As early as Zhu Di's time, there was a special Shenji battalion, equipped with fire guns to sweep across the desert.

Even now, to deal with Jiannu, there are many applications of firearms.

But...... It's one thing to apply more, but combat effectiveness is another.

At least for the moment, the Emperor of the Apocalypse has little interest in the Fire Hammer.

The accuracy is poor, the range is not long, the cost is huge, and most importantly, the lethality is limited.

He'd rather use a bow and arrow than use this thing.

If it weren't for the fact that most of the officers and soldiers were conscripted military households, and it took a lot of manpower and material resources for military households to train archers, no one would want to use this firecracker.

Zhang Jingyi said: "It's a brand new firebolt." ”

"Brand new?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse was a little interested, he knew Zhang Jingyi, if there was nothing special, Zhang Jingyi would not have said this to him.

So he said, "Then we'll have to see." ”

Close to Xingzai, is the camp of the Donglin Military Academy in this Fengqiu.

Both the 1st and 2nd teaching teams are stationed here.

Here, there was already a huge school yard, but close to the school yard there were rows of houses, which were large and built around a huge workshop.

Here, it is the largest workshop in Fengqiu County, which was ordered by Zhang Jing earlier.

Fengqiu Creation Bureau, under which there are various workshops.

There are those who produce steel, those who produce gunpowder, and those who produce wooden tools.

Of course, its main responsibility is to produce weapons.

And the most important thing is artillery and firearms.

At the beginning, the Emperor of the Apocalypse allowed Zhang Jingyi to open a mansion and build a tooth here, Zhang Jingyi came up with the idea of making a fire gun, anyway, with the emperor's escort, as long as it is on one acre and three points of land in this sealed mound, he can toss it no matter how he tosses.

Here, not only a large number of craftsmen from the capital were recruited, but also a large number of European craftsmen were recruited through the Portuguese in Macao.

It was nothing more than a quest for money, and first fooled these craftsmen to Fengqiu in the name of high salaries, and then fed them with silver, and if they wanted to leave, then they would have to eat blades.

After all, it's all here.

This bureau is a military stronghold of Fengqiu, which is almost like a self-contained town, with a medical center, a canteen, a school, and all living facilities.

Here, even self-built dwellings were assigned to artisans.

What they have to do every day is to constantly improve the firecracker.

At this time, European firearms gradually began to become sophisticated, especially arquebuses, and even began to be popular in the Japanese Kingdom, Luzon and other places, and occasionally people abroad would take arquebuses as tribute and send them to Beijing.

Merely...... The power of these weapons is still too small.

Zhang Jingyi came up with a more interesting concept of firearms, that is, flintlock pistols.

In fact, at this time, the prototype of flintlock pistols had already begun to appear in Europe.

However, the flintlock pistol of this era, because of the problem of the bolt, led to many problems in the process of use, and the cost was very expensive, because a large amount of expensive copper and harder steel had to be used, in European countries, this thing was more like some kind of art, but it was not popular in the army, and people preferred arquebuses.

Zhang Jingyi changed the structure of some bolts.

It was brought closer to the bolt of the mature flintlock pistol of later generations, and then these craftsmen improved it.

The remuneration of these craftsmen in Fengqiu is very high, not only that, Zhang Jingyi also launched a craftsman rating system according to their contributions, different craftsmen according to their ability and contribution, delineate the grade, and then decide different treatment.

In this closed environment, the craftsmen who have no worries about food and clothing are constantly improving their processes and manufacturing in addition to discussing with each other.

Therefore, the world's first flintlock pistol that was truly manufactured on a large scale was born.

The first training team was instructed to constantly familiarize themselves with the tactics of these flintlock pistols.

Of course, at the beginning, the first teaching team was very unhappy.

They like artillery, and even pure cold weapons, after all, artillery is powerful, and cold weapons look braver.

It's just a firebolt...... No matter how you look at it, it's a little obscene.

Let them explore the tactics of war, in fact, it is also Zhang Jingyi's painstaking work.

Because the musket is not something that can be used by relying on the advanced, in fact, it may be that the Shenji Battalion in the Zhu Di period encountered the firecrackers of the Ming Army more than two hundred years later, even if the firearms of the firecrackers in this era are more advanced, Zhang Jingyi has no doubt that Ming Chengzu can also beat them with these Shenji Battalions.

Use a musket...... In fact, more attention is paid to discipline and the soldier's proficiency in the musket, otherwise it will never be able to exert its power.

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